Intermission (2003)

Regisseur:

John Crowley

Drehbuchautor:

Mark O'Rowe (writer)

Premierendatum:

29. August 2003 (Ireland)

Genre:

Komödie | Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Life is what happens in between.

Plot:

A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.

Plot Keywords:

Nose Bleed | Irish | Adultery | Air Bag | Animated Title Sequence

Filmpreise:

6 wins & 10 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Dublin Comedy

Besetzung

Colin Farrell	...	Lehiff
Kerry Condon	...	Café Waitress
Johnny Thompson	...	Old Man in Café
Emma Bolger	...	Child with Ice Cream
Deirdre Molloy	...	Woman in Shopping Mall
Cillian Murphy	...	John
Brian F. O'Byrne	...	Mick
Derry Power	...	Elderly Man on Bus
David Wilmot	...	Oscar
Owen Roe	...	Mr. Henderson
Neilí Conroy	...	Helen
Kelly Macdonald	...	Deirdre
John Rogan	...	Alfred
Tom Farrelly	...	George
Gerry Moore	...	Seamus Ruane

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.

Länge:

105 Min | Canada:102 Min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Produktionsland:

Ireland | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Spain:18 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:16 | Hungary:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | Canada:18A (Ontario)

Drehorte:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Firma:

Brown Sauce Film Productions

Dialogzitate:

Lehiff: 'Cause when there's something there...
Café Waitress: Some chemistry.
Lehiff: Right! Who knows where the sparks will lead? An' a fella like myself, a stranger could just be a bit of fun in the sack, no more than that. Or, and it's not that crazy, your soul mate, eh?
Café Waitress: Yeah, you've got a point.
Lehiff: On the otherhand, I could just be a thief or something.
Café Waitress: What do you mean?
Lehiff: Some villain, just waiting for my chance to
[punches her]
Lehiff: smack your jaw and rob the register while the place is empty.
[jumps counter, robs register]
[...]

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Soundtrack:

Disappearing Act

Dublin Comedy

I really enjoyed "Intermission" which is set in Dublin. It has a great cast who play lovable losers who take themselves too seriously. Their antics make for a funny and entertaining film. There are a number of different plot lines but the characters are all connected somehow. In some ways it's like a comic version of Babel. Dubliners seem to have a limited vocabulary and every adjective seems to begin with F, so it's not a family film. But it's fast paced and should make you laugh.

The film starts when John (Cillian Murphy) decides he needs a break or intermission from Deirdre, (Kelly Macdonald) his girlfriend. She then makes John jealous by going off with Sam (Michael McElhatton), a married bank manager. Sam's wife of 14 years (Deirdre O'Kane) having been dumped embarks on a program of revenge, including sex with John's best friend, Oscar (David Wilmot). Jerry (Colm Meaney) is a police detective who likes beating people up and listening to Celtic music. He convinces a TV producer to make a documentary about his life. John and Oscar both work in a supermarket where their boss Mr. Henderson (Owen Roe) is a pompous twit. Deirdre's sister Sally (Shirley Henderson) was recently humiliated by a former boyfriend and sports a impressive mustache. Lehiff (Colin Farrell) is a thug who wants to rob Sam's bank. He is a friend of John and together they plan a bank robbery. Finally, there's Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), a bus driver who is fired from his job and joins the gang. It's all good fun.